The Deputy

The Deputy was a 1959-1961 half-hour NBC western series featuring Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.

Fonda narrated most episodes and appeared briefly at the beginning and ending of most segments. He played the lead in only six episodes in the first season and thirteen in the second. Usually he would give his deputy the assignment then more or less thank him afterward at the conclusion of the episode.

Though based in Silver City, the sheriff's district also covered several nearby towns as well. Deputy McCord was a store keeper who bore arms with great reluctance. Wallace Ford starred as the elderly marshall, Herk Lamson, with Betty Lou Keim as Clay's sister, Fran McCord, in the first series. Read Morgan joined the show in the second series as Sergeant Hapgood Tasker, known as "Sarge", a one-eyed United States Army cavalry officer stationed in town.

The Deputy aired at 9 p.m. Eastern on Saturday. In its first year, it followed NBC's short-lived adventure series, The Man and the Challenge. It faced competition from Mr. Lucky on CBS and from The Lawrence Welk Show on ABC. In the second season, CBS dropped Mr. Lucky, and The Deputy faced competition from the second half of Checkmate, co-starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure.
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